[ Cisco thinks that maybe his definition of illusion and Taako's are a little bit different. Garyl feels solid, and real, and he's really getting them to wherever they're going way faster than they would have on foot. So he is real, isn't a lie.

But he is fake - not a real talking unicorn that Taako just summoned here, but a being that he'd created out of thin air, and presumably which would go back into thin air later on. It's weird, thinking of the unicorn as a kind of offshoot of Taako, but after a moment it kind of make sense. There is something decidedly Taako-ish about the creature. He'd just thought they had an affinity, but apparently it's more than that. ]

Your magic is so dope.

[ The ride is a bit bumpier once Garyl speeds up, but Cisco adapts to that, too. There's only one moment when his balance is a little bit off, and he quickly corrects it by tightening his grip on Taako's shoulder and then holding on a little more firmly with his legs. ]

Whoops- I'm good, I'm good.

[ Even knowing what he does, it feels the tiniest bit weird, knowing Garyl can hear him and understand him, but still talking ABOUT him to Taako rather than to him. ]

So did you decide what Garyl was gonna look like in advance, or is it just, I'm gonna cast this spell that's going to take a part of me and make it into a mighty steed, and maybe when I do I'll learn something about myself in the process?